Global Covid-19 caseload tops 229 mn

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 229,031,974, 4,699,187 and 5,935,372,422, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 42,286,531 and 676,059, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 33,478,419 cases.

The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (21,247,667), the UK (7,500,513), Russia (7,189,445), France (7,045,422), Turkey (6,874,917), Iran (5,442,232), Argentina (5,241,394), Colombia (4,942,249), Spain (4,935,534), Italy (4,638,516), Indonesia (4,192,695), Germany (4,155,160) and Mexico (3,569,677), the CSSE figures showed.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (590,955), India (445,133), Mexico (271,503), Peru (199,036), Russia (195,438), Indonesia (140,634), the UK (135,588), Italy (130,354), Colombia (125,924), Iran (117,526), France (116,759) and Argentina (114,518).